Tag: Arizona

How to Replace Lost ID Documents: Tyandrah's Journey to Stability

After a mental health crisis left Tyandrah without ID or housing, VoteRiders helped her replace vital documents so she could regain stability and reclaim her life.

The Mesa Legend: Students venture to the State Capitol building with questions for their elected officials

A national voting rights non-profit organization partnered with Mesa Community College to bring students to the Arizona State Capitol to encourage their civic engagement on April 15.

ARIZONA MIRROR: SCOTUS ruling on citizenship proof for new voters has an outsized impact for Native voters

BY SHONDIIN SILVERSMITH, ARIZONA MIRROR — AUGUST 30, 2024 With the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that now requires potential voters to provide proof of citizenship with their state-created voter registration forms, Indigenous voting rights advocates want Indigenous people to know that they can still register to vote as tribal citizens. Patty Ferguson-Bohnee said that […]

ARIZONA REPUBLIC: The citizens who can't prove it

BY SASHA HUPKA, ARIZONA REPUBLIC — AUGUST 26,2024 Hi readers! Welcome back to Republic Recount. Remember that pivotal court case I told you about last week? Since then, the nation’s highest court has weighed in — and its order will limit Arizona voters’ ability to register without documents proving their citizenship. That could prove a barrier […]

Voting Rights Are Disability Rights: Q&A With Arizona Disability Rights Partners

During Disability Voting Rights Week, Renaldo Fowler, Senior Staff Advocate at Disability Rights Arizona, and David Carey, Disability Justice Educator at Arizona Statewide Independent Living Council (AZSILC), speak with VoteRiders’ Digital Communications Coordinator about their collective efforts to empower Arizona’s disability community through advocacy and voter participation. — SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 Tell me about yourself […]

Unhoused Student Needs ID For Shelter, Employment, and Voting

While unhoused at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, Jarell fought to get the ID he needed to secure housing, become a registered nurse, and vote.

USA TODAY: How a proof-of-citizenship voting rule may tilt a key swing state

BY MARY JO PITZL, USA TODAY — AUGUST 3, 2024 Court ruling blocks some Arizona voters, then doesn’t In a July 1 motion to the 9th Circuit of Appeals, Arizona’s Republican legislative leaders, joined by the Republican National Committee, argued the GOP would suffer a competitive disadvantage if the state continued to register voters who […]

BLOOMBERG: After the Fundraising Zooms Comes the Real Work

BY AMANDA L. GORDON, BLOOMBERG — AUGUST 2, 2024 Volunteers from a synagogue in Boston recently beamed in to a restaurant in Georgia to help people obtain the IDs they need to work and vote, an ongoing effort coordinated by the nonpartisan, nonprofit VoteRiders. On Monday night, the same organization had 220 people from all […]

An election worker verifies a ballot on a screen inside the Maricopa County Recorder's Office, Nov. 10, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Courthouse News Service: Federal judge mostly upholds Arizona proof-of-citizenship voting laws

While the judge allowed the laws to stay on the books, she did strike down certain provisions, including those requiring voters to put their birthplace on registration forms. JOE DUHOWNIK, COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE, MARCH 1, 2024 PHOENIX (CN) — Arizona can require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections, a […]